{"id":12820,"date":"2016-06-02T14:17:32","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T07:17:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/?p=12820"},"modified":"2016-06-02T14:17:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T07:17:32","slug":"japanese-bosozoku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/en\/japanese-bosozoku.html","title":{"rendered":"Life Inside Japan&#8217;s Aging Biker Gangs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last time we were talking about top 5 most dangerous motorcycle gang in America. Today, let&#8217;s visit the origin of top four motorcyle brand that we all use. This is Japanese Bosozoku!<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Japanese motorcycle gangs, known as bosozoku (or \u201cspeed tribes\u201d), have been wreaking havoc since the 1970s, Often dressed like Kamikaze pilots and roam the highways with their customized bikes and waging war against rival crews and cops. They will smash the car windows of any motorist that dared defy them with baseball bats. Foreigners were an especially favorite target of the b\u014ds\u014dzoku\u2019s aggression. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-12820 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9161.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9161.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-5-12889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9161.jpg 465w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9161-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9161-16x24.jpg 16w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9161-24x36.jpg 24w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9161-31x48.jpg 31w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-5-12889'>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cI was interested in them because they were punks and they were against society.\u201d\u2014Kazuhiro Hazuki, Narushino Specter gang\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9371.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9371.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9371.jpg 465w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9371-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9371-16x24.jpg 16w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9371-24x36.jpg 24w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9371-31x48.jpg 31w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Being part of one of these gangs\u2014each with their own distinct jumpsuits\u2014was a frantic lifestyle, one associated with violence and even early death. Young people were recruited by elders in the early teens to join and taught to protect the reputation of their gang, even if that meant standing one&#8217;s ground when grossly outnumbered.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-12820 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9191.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9191-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-12893\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9191-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9191-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-12893'>\n\t\t\t\tB\u014ds\u014dzoku bikers, 1980\u2019s\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9181.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9181-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-12892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9181-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9181-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-12892'>\n\t\t\t\tB\u014ds\u014dzoku bikers, 1970\u2019s\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9171.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9171-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-6-12891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9171-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9171-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-6-12891'>\n\t\t\t\tB\u014ds\u014dzoku biker with illegally modified bike and helmet (taken from a Japanese biker magazine)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These days many ex-b\u014ds\u014dzoku parade around on their bikes in non-disruptive groups and enjoy dancing, performing music and socializing in groups in Harajuku, an area well known for its outrageous fashion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12894\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9211.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-16\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12894\" class=\"wp-image-12894 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9211-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9211-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9211-280x210.jpg 280w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9211-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9211-24x18.jpg 24w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9211-36x27.jpg 36w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9211-48x36.jpg 48w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9211.jpg 465w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-12894\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Harajuku Black Shadow dancers (ex-b\u014ds\u014dzoku), hanging out in Harajuku, 2008<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-7 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-7 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-7 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-7 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-12820 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon 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srcset=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/936.jpg 465w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/936-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/936-24x16.jpg 24w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/936-36x24.jpg 36w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/936-48x32.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-8 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-8 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-8 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-8 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-8' class='gallery galleryid-12820 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9231.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9231.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-8-12895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9231.jpg 465w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9231-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9231-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9231-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9231-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9231-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9231-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-8-12895'>\n\t\t\t\tModern-day b\u014ds\u014dzoku\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9272.jpg' title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"465\" height=\"465\" src=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9272.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-8-12896\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9272.jpg 465w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9272-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9272-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9272-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9272-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9272-36x36.jpg 36w, https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/9272-48x48.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-8-12896'>\n\t\t\t\tJapanese&#8217;s Hells Angel??\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/907.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-10\" 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Today, let&#8217;s visit the origin of top four motorcyle brand that we all use. This is Japanese Bosozoku! &nbsp; Japanese motorcycle gangs, known as bosozoku (or \u201cspeed tribes\u201d), have been wreaking havoc since the 1970s, Often dressed like Kamikaze pilots and [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":12841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-_news","category-topics"],"acf":[],"a3_pvc":{"activated":false,"total_views":5418,"today_views":0},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12820\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thai.webike.net\/news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}